Epic potencial...epic fail.

[TJJ]

In sector 1 I found a pre-igniter in a shop, and had *just* enough to buy it.
In sector 2 I came across the stasis pod (piloting rock ship), and bought a crew teleporter.
In sector 3 I found a shop with BOTH a burst laser III & a glaive beam, and I had *just* enough to buy them both. (sold everything except the stasis pod & preigniter)



Everything was looking awesome; I had brilliant weapons, a great long-term setup, 5 crew (4xrockmen+1engi), and the arrangement of the sectors gave me a good chance of unlocking the crystal cruiser....

Then, in sector 4 I monumentally f**ked up



- First I had a random boarding event comprising 4 mantis; I mismanaged my troops & got one of my rockmen killed.
- Next fight I accidentally auto-fired my glaive into a ship I was boarding; bye bye 2 more rockmen.
- Then I came across an escape pod in deep space; out bursts a mantis cutting my engi in half.
- Finally I jump near a Sun.... and am boarded by 3 humans who run amok through my ship. Eventually they die from asphyxiation, but not before utterly crippling my ship.

Moments before the end:



Epic epic fail.

:edit:

I did manage to get the "They didn't see it coming" achievement though

[Number43]

And you have no one but yourself to blame, as it wouldn't have been that bad if it wasn't for auto-firing your weapons when you had a boarder on the enemy ship.

[VanguardOfValor]

Oh, autofire... How often you make us regret using you.

That kind of thing always sucks, but at least you got a good story out of it!

FTL definitely likes to balance out the luck it gives you. Too much good luck and you just know you're going to get hit by a pair of breach missiles in the weapons and helm while being boarded at a sun.

[UltraMantis]

...Too much good luck and you just know you're going to get hit by a pair of breach missiles in the weapons and helm while being boarded at a sun.

That's a touch pessimistic. It only happens once or twice in every three games, tops.